Detergent to cut mad cow surgery infection risk.
A detergent that reduces the risk of infection with the human form of mad cow disease via surgical instruments could be in hospitals later this year. Health professionals have been concerned that variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) could be transmitted through surgical equipment because the prion proteins that cause the...

vCJD may be more widespread than projected: prion diseases have long incubation periods, possibly approaching or even exceeding the human life span.
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease could have an incubation time of 30 years or longer and could affect a wider population than currently forecast, according to new research on patients with a similar human prion disease. Researchers examined 11 recent cases of kuru, a prion protein disease that became...

Risky Trade: Infectious Disease in The Era of Global Trade.
RISKY TRADE: INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN THE ERA OF GLOBAL TRADE Ann Marie Kimball Hants, UK: Ashgate 2006, HB 212 pages, GBP 30 ISBN 0 7456 4296 8 Risky Trade is a thorough and engaging exploration of the impacts of international trade on infectious disease epidemiology. The information...

An epidemiological review of a fatal neurodegenerative disease outbreak: quantification of genetic risk and the impact of lateral transmission in the outbreak.
Scrapie in sheep and goats, a fatal neurodegenerative disease, is a member of the family of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), which includes bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle, chronic wasting disease in deer and elk, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. Common to all TSE diseases is the accumulation of...

BSE: How Risky is it to Drink Milk?
SCHLIEREN, Switzerland, February 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Prion proteins found in commercial milk In a first-time global breakthrough, a Swiss start-up firm has succeeded in detecting prion proteins in the milk of humans, cows, sheep, and goats. This again raises the question of a "mad cow disease" risk...

Adlyfe Strengthens IP Portfolio Surrounding Diagnostics for Alzheimer's and Other Diseases with Issuance of Landmark U.S. Patent.
Patent Covers Diagnostic Method to Detect Abnormal Proteins and Proteinaceous Particles Associated with Over 40 Diseases Paves Way for Commercialization of Alzheimer's Test ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Adlyfe, a private company developing novel diagnostic testing technologies for early targets of amyloid diseases, announced...

Alphanate.
Alphanate (Antihemophilic Factor/von Willebrand Factor Complex [Human], Grifols Biologicals) This clotting factor concentrate is the first biologic product approved for patients with von Willebrand disease (vWD) who are undergoing surgery or invasive procedures and for whom desmopressin is either ineffective or contraindicated, according to the...

Effect of spinal cord removal before or after splitting and washing on CNST decontamination of beef carcasses.
ABSTRACT : Beef carcasses were examined to explore the effects of spinal cord removal and washing on central nervous system tissue (CNST) decontamination of the surface during the slaughtering process. A total of 15 carcasses were split by sawing centrally down the vertebral column and left sides of split...

Protege carotid stent, alphanate.
Protege GPS and Protege RX Carotid Stent Systems (ev3, Inc.) A carotid stent approved for treating patients at high risk for adverse events from carotid endarterectomy who meet certain criteria. The third such system approved by the Food and Drug Administration. * Recommended Usage: The...

Canon John Erb dies at 72.
Canon John Erb, whose exuberant manner and outsized personality marked his eight-year tenure as executive director of the Anglican Foundation, died July 31 in Toronto of a rare brain disorder, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), at the age of 72. "He just peacefully stopped breathing. He was ready," said...